The Reunion After Seven Years novel Chapter 39

"I'll just keep Jay to believe that Baron is a good friend to me. There's no need for Jay to know who he really is."

The only thing she wished for in that moment was Kerr to understand her. If he ever found out that she was lying to him, he would let Jay know that his mother was a liar.

Nicole promised to herself that she would always teach Jay good values, such as telling the truth. Although she had to lie to Kerr for her own sake, she would never let her lie to be discovered by her child because he'd probably end up learning a bad habit.

Besides, she had a feeling that Kerr somehow drew Jay's attention a long time ago by persuading him and making some kind of deal between them.

"Baron will never get the respect that Jay has for me. He didn't acknowledge himself as Jay's father and I know he won't do it now.

I can assure you that you'll realize that I'm better for you and Jay rather than Baron. I don't care if your relationship with him was relevant or not."

Kerr kept his sight at her with such kindness.

Kerr was probably the hardest man on Earth to trick. He could tell with ease that no signs of love or any type of emotion manifested in Nicole's eyes when she talked about Baron.

Deep inside of Kerr, he truly felt that there wasn't place awaiting for Baron in Nicole's heart.

"I appreciate that you agreed to keep Baron's true identity to Jay as a secret, Mr. Gu. But I'd like to maintain the situation as it currently is. It's been quite a long time since Jay and I've been living together, I don't want anything or anyone to come and change it all.

And judging by the time, I think I should get inside the apartment. Thank you so much for the ride back home."

Nicole gave a sign of gratitude to Kerr, turned to her right to pull the car door's trigger and got out. She wouldn't look back until she was sure that he had left as she was walking towards the building.

She took a deep breath and released a sigh of satisfaction as she watched the black Porsche vanish.

She didn't deny it though. She was scared to hell in his car because she thought that he would question her about the truth in any second. Fortunately, she succeeded in hiding her fear with calmness.

In case that anything wrong had happened in that car, she wouldn't have known how to react against Kerr and how to protect her child.

A sentiment of worry and anxiety emerged inside of Nicole as she realized that she had never felt so defenseless and weak with someone's presence before.

She heavily stepped forward the apartment's door and walked in. As she approached the living room, she could see that the main light was still turned on but no one was in there. Then she realized that her child was already asleep as she watched the clock hung on the wall.

She walked towards Jay's room as she was quietly taking off her high-heeled shoes. He had his sheets down to his feet, so she put them back on his body to cover him from the cold as she was just thinking about stuff.

"...I love you too, Father."

Jay whispered with his soft voice as he was smiling from left to right.

Nicole had a hard time trying to understand what she just witnessed. She was so shocked that she couldn't even move a muscle. She stood still for a couple of minutes and then left.

She had no clue that Jay was somehow interested in his father that he even had dreams about him. He was a kid, after all, no matter how smart he was.

She started to feel sorry for her boy.

Maybe she should've never kept secrets from Jay. She wondered for a moment if Kerr would be willing to take care of Jay if he ever found out about his true identity.

However, she totally discarded that possibility of her mind since she remembered the amount of women that were around Kerr. She wasn't sure if he could be able to behave nice towards Jay all the time.